14 buildings destroyed in Dosunmu fire disaster- NEMA

The fire that engulfed part of Dosunmu Market on Lagos Island, resulting in the collapse of four buildings and severe damage to fourteen others.

Lagos Territorial Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye disclosed that the fire’s origin was suspected to be from the refueling of a running generator within the market premises.

Despite concerted efforts from emergency responders including NEMA, Federal and State Fire Services, the Nigeria Police, and the fire service of the Nigeria Ports Authority, the blaze could not be contained.

It would be recalled that it was just a day after firefighters extinguished a blaze at Apongbon market, that Dosumu Market succumbed to flames causing extensive damage to goods worth millions of Naira.